Today’s Guest Darina Brown talks about her journey growing up isolated under communism,

traveling the world, and becoming a yoga and pilates instructor focused on being present for people to help them feel better. Even when teaching celebrities or doctors, Darina thinks of everyone as “human beings like the rest of us that just need help” – she focuses on treating all equally, listening carefully, and helping people achieve their goals.

In this episode Darina also discusses her spirituality and how a period of being alone helped her to discover presence and conscious, and how that presence was brought to a new level by having her child.

It was a great pleasure to talk with Darina, who also happens to be my wife 🙂

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Justin Mccoy is an American Soto Zen Buddhist Monk

who grew up in and around Los Angeles. After four years in architecture school, he left to become a monk. Justin spends much of his time in quiet meditation, but he is also working to create the largest Zen Buddhist Temple outside of Japan. In our conversation, we talk about cultivating happiness, the importance of natural learning for children, the paradox of the self being one with the universe, traditional Japanese building techniques, and much more. Justin’s is a fascinating story… enjoy!

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